Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-23
THANKSGIVING MARKETS.

"A
Thanksgiving Dtnner-The Necessa-
rfes for a Spread and what They
VIII Cost-HOW The Day VIII be
observed and EDjOyed.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day, as every
body knows. 1t is the New England day for
merry-making, family reunions and feastiDg.
There is the usual heavy travel on the rail
roads and steamboats,. Old familiar faces
are to be seen on the streets that have
been absent for months and years, and great
activity prevails at the stores and homes in
preparation for the Thanksgiving jubilee.
At the markets great activity prevails, as
also at the grocery stores, large and small.
One prominent dealer, Mr.. G. E. Hart, the
marketman on State street, has almost forty
tons of fine turkeys, geese, poultry, ducks,
ETC., the largest ever known at his market.
The City market is full of activity and tur-
keys. The Boston store has been running
extra horses owing to the great rush of bust
ness, and SO practically with all the large
stores where Thanksgiving produce is sold.
Thanksgiving will be duly commemorated
with an extra fine dinner at the hospital,
jail, almshouse, at the Home for the Friend
less, at the orphan asylums, and not few
liberal givers will make glad the homes of
worthy poor people by the presentation of
fine fat turkey or brace of chickens. Some
of the prices quoted about town are as fol
lows:
Chickens are 20c a pound, and those from
the West bring 15c. a pound. Native tur
keys, not drawn, are worth BE. a pound,
drawn 25c. Western turkeys can be bought
for 1Sc. pound, and zoe. for the prime
ones These turkeys come here now by the
cars SO quickly that they compete with the
best homemade" Geese bring for western
49,, natives Sc. and ducks 1Sc. pound.
Partridges cost $1.25 brace and grouse
are 81 So Canvas back ducks have ad-
vanced and are from 81 to $3.50 a brace.
Rabbits are soc. pair, hares are Coo. and
quail are So, and English snipe bring So
dozen, woodcoek are 81 brace.
Oysters cost Soc. a quart and escallops the
same. Long and round clans opened 25c.
quart. Frozen soft shell crabs are So dozen
and hard crabs are So cents. Goldfish tongues
are 1Oc a pound and HOLSTERS, alive, 10c.
Big long CLAIMS for stufhng and baking are
40c. dozen. Salmon is plentiful at Soc.
pound for cuts Halibut are 20c pound,
bass 15c., founders Sc. and frostfish 10c.
Fresh mackerel are frozen and loo. pound
for those of good size; small ones cost 10c.
Spanish mackerel are Soc. pound. Smelt
were never better and may be had for 1870.
pound. Sea bass are 15c. and bluefish 15c.
a pound. Salmon trout are loo. and white
fish 15c. pound. Frozen frogs legs bring
40c. pound. Ciscoes are plenty at 10e a
pound, and pickerel from Lake Ontario are
worth 15c. Eels for broiling are in demand
at 15c. pound, common size 1870.
Meats remain at standard prices. Mutton
improves and orders are numerous for sad
dies that have hung three weeks. Saddles
weighing from twelve to twenty-five pounds
are sold at 14c. pound. Good, clear beef for
mince pies is 12c. pound. An excellent
recipe for mince meat is to measure the in
gradients with bowl. To one quart bowlful
of chopped boiled beef, put two bowls of
chopped apples, one bowl of suet, a bowl of
currants and one of raisins. To this add a
quarter of pound of citron, chopped, and
the same of candied orange peel. One pound
of blanched and chopped almonds is great
improvement. Spice to taste, boil down in
good cider, sweeten and sdd wine and brandy
according to prejudice or principle. This
makes rich pince meat that will keep all
winter in a cool place before it is made into
pies.)
Celery, taken fresh from the ground, is
very sweet and costs zoe. bunch. Large
caulihowers bring from 15c. to zoe. each and
crsnberries cost 12119c- a quart. Sweet pota-
toes bring 45e. a peck and potatoes 81
bushel. 1t is economy to buy onions by the
peck. They cost 40c. peck and &c. a quart
White turnips are 30c. peck and yellow CSC.
Pumpkins such as our grandmothers used
are &c. pound.
SEC. dozen. Western eggs are 30c. and
lined eggs 25c. dozen. All the fall nuts
are now in market. English walnuts, pecans,
filberts and Brazil nuts are worth 20c and
almonds 25c pound. Paper-shell almonds
are the choicest for table use and cost 40c.
pound. Cocoanuts are 10c. and 12c. each.
Bananas bring from 25c. to Boo. a dozen.
Florida oranges are worth soc. a dozen.
Lemons are 30c. dozen. California grapes
are very handsome and cost rs a box of five
pounds Catawba grapes are 10c pound
and Isabellas the same. White grapes are
very plenty and may be bought for 1876.
pound.
HOW THE DAY WILL BE OBSERVED.
The day will be appropriately observed in
the local churches. At the Center church
union service of the Congregational churches
will be held. Rev. Or. Newman Smyth will
preach. A union Thanksgiving service of
the Fair Haven churches will be held at the
Second Congregational church at II o'clock
Thursday morning. The sermon will be
preached by the Rev. A. II. Goodenough,
pastor of the East Pearl street Methodist
church.
The day will be celebrated by the militia
men by prize shoot to be given by the
Light Guard at Quinnipiac range, which will
probably be participated in by many marks
men. The shooting will begin at s o'clock
in the morning.
There will be unusual attractions at all the
theaters, as elsewhere announced, and vari-
GUS sociables tonight and tomorrow night.
MONEY UNDER GROUND.
Sewers Recommended Laid by the
Sewer Committee.
The committee on sewers met last evening
and after hearing parties interested recon-
mended that the sewers be laid in Exchange
street between Blatchley avenue and Poplar
street; in Davenport avenue between Vernon
street and the boulevard sewer; in Charles
street between Orchard street and Dixwell
avenue.
Thanksgiving Services.
The Baptist churches of New Haven will
unite in Thanksgiving services at the First
church in Wooster Place this "wednesday